library

Everyday

1. A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use. tree →
2. A library is also a room in a school or house where books are kept. tree →
3. A library is a collection of books, music or games that someone owns. tree →
4. In computing, a library is a set of ready-made code. tree →

In the lessons

In maths it is a place with books counted on shelves, borrowed and returned: borrowed books are taken away, returned books are added back, and books per shelf × shelves gives the total. In everyday life children get a library card, borrow books for a few weeks and return them by the due date; you keep quiet so others can read.

Examples

• The library has 500 books. tree →
• Each shelf holds 40 books. tree →
• 25 books were borrowed and 10 returned. tree →
• How many books are in the library now? tree →
• I got my first library card today. tree →
• Our class visits the school library every Friday. tree →
• Please be quiet in the library. tree →
• You must return the books within three weeks. tree →
• The public library has free computers and story time. tree →
• So Lionel went down into the library. tree →

Note

Plural: «libraries» (y changes to ies). Spelling trap: two r's, «li-brar-y» (not «libary»). False friend: in some languages a similar word means a bookshop; a library lends books, a bookshop sells them. A librarian works in a library. Maths: books per shelf × shelves gives the total.

In Jewish tradition

In maths it is a place with books counted on shelves, borrowed and returned: borrowed books are taken away, returned books are added back, and books per shelf × shelves gives the total. In everyday life children get a library card, borrow books for a few weeks and return them by the due date; you keep quiet so others can read.

Examples

• All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

Plural: «libraries» (y changes to ies). Spelling trap: two r's, «li-brar-y» (not «libary»). False friend: in some languages a similar word means a bookshop; a library lends books, a bookshop sells them. A librarian works in a library. Maths: books per shelf × shelves gives the total.